Latest Sturgis Motorcycle Rally report adds 8 injury crashes, 51 drug arrests
As the official end of the 83rd Sturgis Motorcycle Rally approaches, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety's latest rally report shows accidents and drug arrests continue to beat out last year's numbers.
According to the daily report, eight more injury accidents occurred between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, bringing the total up to 51 this year, 10 more than the last year-to-date.
None of these crashes resulted in fatalities. DPS has reported three fatal crashes since the motorcycle rally began Aug. 4, equaling the same number of deadly crashes in the same timeframe last year.
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Fifteen more DUI arrests have been made since Thursday's report. Overall, 94 DUI arrests have been made during the rally, a decrease compared to the 114 last year-to-date.
Drug arrests continue to escalate faster than last year's figures. Authorities made 37 misdemeanor and 14 felony drug arrests between Thursday and Friday, raising the total to 188 and 133, respectively.
Last year in the same timeframe, authorities made 117 misdemeanor drug arrests, which is 71 less than this year's current total, and 88 felony drug arrests, which is 45 less than those chalked up this year.
The rally continues through Aug. 13.
This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Crashes, drug arrests at 2023 Sturgis Rally outpacing 2022 total
